The Confused Quilter has shared her organisational bug and yet again blogged a great idea - to put down on paper (or on screen as the case may be) quilty goals for 2011.
In 2011 I want to:
Complete my RRCB quilt and have it on the bed
Make Melly and Me's Sleepover bag in a class run by the Drapers of Mt Macedon
Make baby gifts for two pregnant friends (and some who are TTC and will prolly be pregnant soon!!)
Start my Dear Jane
Start my Nearly Insane
Make Bonnie Hunter's Carolina Crossroads quilt
Learn handquilting
Finish all my UFO goals (see post below)
Showing posts with label Dear Jane. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dear Jane. Show all posts
Friday, December 31, 2010
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Lizzy Mae's Medallion Month 3
I had the class at Quilter's Bazaar yesterday.
The great thing about this quilt is that it doesn't have to be assembled as you go so missing month 2 hasn't made any difference.
I have my fabric pack and some extra instructions from Lorraine.
Month 3 was supposed to happen last month and month 4 is in 2 weeks so it's a very busy month classwise!
We made the double X block which came together much more quickly and easily than I first thought due to Lorraine's piecing and cutting shortcuts!
Due to my still fairly fragile wrist I only made one and a bit blocks in class but I'm psyched to get cracking with them.
I can't believe how small they are! They will be 5" finished so a bit bigger than Dear Jane and a bit smaller than Nearly Insane! It's good practice for whenever I get around to these quilts I guess!
I'm getting that slightly overwhelmed feeling. I want to work on Lizzy Mae, I have one Mystery quilt in progress and another to start shortly yet I have 2 quilts tops that REALLY need basting and quilting!!!!
Changing feet on the machine and lugging it to class every few weeks really interrupts my mojo.
I think I'll indulge in my craving for speed piecing at the moment and try to get Lizzy Mae done asap. I may leave off doing a few clues of the DaChintzy Code and do them all in one go.
Not sure about Bonnie's Mystery.
I'd like to have one quilt basted and quilting underway by the end of the month. I wonder if it will happen?
I haven't done any sewing today. I did lots of cutting and pinning last night but the sewing machine is still rolling around in the boot of the car and I have a thumping headache.
On a more positive note, I'm pretty sure I've collected all my fabrics for Bonnie's Roll Roll Cotton Boll Mystery Quilt!
The great thing about this quilt is that it doesn't have to be assembled as you go so missing month 2 hasn't made any difference.
I have my fabric pack and some extra instructions from Lorraine.
Month 3 was supposed to happen last month and month 4 is in 2 weeks so it's a very busy month classwise!
We made the double X block which came together much more quickly and easily than I first thought due to Lorraine's piecing and cutting shortcuts!
Due to my still fairly fragile wrist I only made one and a bit blocks in class but I'm psyched to get cracking with them.
I can't believe how small they are! They will be 5" finished so a bit bigger than Dear Jane and a bit smaller than Nearly Insane! It's good practice for whenever I get around to these quilts I guess!
I'm getting that slightly overwhelmed feeling. I want to work on Lizzy Mae, I have one Mystery quilt in progress and another to start shortly yet I have 2 quilts tops that REALLY need basting and quilting!!!!
Changing feet on the machine and lugging it to class every few weeks really interrupts my mojo.
I think I'll indulge in my craving for speed piecing at the moment and try to get Lizzy Mae done asap. I may leave off doing a few clues of the DaChintzy Code and do them all in one go.
Not sure about Bonnie's Mystery.
I'd like to have one quilt basted and quilting underway by the end of the month. I wonder if it will happen?
I haven't done any sewing today. I did lots of cutting and pinning last night but the sewing machine is still rolling around in the boot of the car and I have a thumping headache.
On a more positive note, I'm pretty sure I've collected all my fabrics for Bonnie's Roll Roll Cotton Boll Mystery Quilt!
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Going Insane...
...and it has nothing to do with Salinda W Rupp or Jane A Stickle (unfortunately).
It's now FIVE days since I set foot outside the front door. I'm going a bit loopy!
DS has had conjunctivitis since last thursday afternoon although it's almost gone - just some mild cold symptoms left. I've had flu since friday and DH had a milder case of both.
On Monday I felt much better but felt worse again yesterday and now I also have goopy eyes!
No Gisborne Quilters for me tonight. The girls are working on convict bonnets for the second week in a row and I haven't done anything! We got the pattern in our newsletter so I suppose I could make one at home. Sewing curves by machine sends me into a blind panic though!
August is almost halfway gone, my UFOs are not getting smaller and I feel too sick and sore to even fondle fabric.
I'm desperate to get to the LQS to check out a particular fabric range for some future bag making projects. The car is in the driveway but I just don't have the energy.
Right. No more from me til I have something more cheerful to say!
It's now FIVE days since I set foot outside the front door. I'm going a bit loopy!
DS has had conjunctivitis since last thursday afternoon although it's almost gone - just some mild cold symptoms left. I've had flu since friday and DH had a milder case of both.
On Monday I felt much better but felt worse again yesterday and now I also have goopy eyes!
No Gisborne Quilters for me tonight. The girls are working on convict bonnets for the second week in a row and I haven't done anything! We got the pattern in our newsletter so I suppose I could make one at home. Sewing curves by machine sends me into a blind panic though!
August is almost halfway gone, my UFOs are not getting smaller and I feel too sick and sore to even fondle fabric.
I'm desperate to get to the LQS to check out a particular fabric range for some future bag making projects. The car is in the driveway but I just don't have the energy.
Right. No more from me til I have something more cheerful to say!
Monday, August 2, 2010
Hand Pieced Samplers
Crafty Pug asked me about hand pieced samplers.
The first one I started in May 2009 after my 2nd wrist op. My fingers kept swelling after the plaster was put on so I needed some meaningful movements to keep the swelling down.
I asked a friend to show me the basics and she pulled out some templates she had made for Fat Cat Patterns BOM Pinwheel Sampler. My irrational fear of samplers was somewhat overcome by the fact that all the blocks are pinwheel variations and therefore not really samplerish.
I dug out some fabrics I didn't think I'd ever use for anything in particular but they were pretty enough so I started and pretty soon I realised I wanted to use an on point setting with sashing and plain alternate blocks to fit a QS bed. I bought fabric for the sashing and outer border and it was on clearance at that so a VERY economical quilt!
It eventually fell by the wayside as other more exciting things took over.
In March 2010 I signed up for a hand piecing course at Drapers of Mt Macedon (see this post) to learn properly since I had been fudging my way through and yes you guessed it - I was in plaster again after surgery #3 and needed to keep swelling down!
This one was a proper sampler so valium needed to be added to the list of class supplies (not really but painkillers for the arm worked just as well!). I decided to disregard instructions to buy "background" fabric since this makes a sampler really samplerish and bought an Aster Manor FQ bundle which was heavily reduced and absolutely delicious!
I worked out the maths and it would yield a QS quilt with leftovers.
Varying the background fabric and using a co-ordinated fabric range made the sampler unsamplerish enough for me to cope with it without having a panic attack!
The course included Y-seams, curved piecing and needleturn applique all of which I needed for Dear Jane since I want to hand piece it rather than foundation piece it.
I'd definitely recommend taking a class and learning properly!
The first one I started in May 2009 after my 2nd wrist op. My fingers kept swelling after the plaster was put on so I needed some meaningful movements to keep the swelling down.
I asked a friend to show me the basics and she pulled out some templates she had made for Fat Cat Patterns BOM Pinwheel Sampler. My irrational fear of samplers was somewhat overcome by the fact that all the blocks are pinwheel variations and therefore not really samplerish.
I dug out some fabrics I didn't think I'd ever use for anything in particular but they were pretty enough so I started and pretty soon I realised I wanted to use an on point setting with sashing and plain alternate blocks to fit a QS bed. I bought fabric for the sashing and outer border and it was on clearance at that so a VERY economical quilt!
It eventually fell by the wayside as other more exciting things took over.
In March 2010 I signed up for a hand piecing course at Drapers of Mt Macedon (see this post) to learn properly since I had been fudging my way through and yes you guessed it - I was in plaster again after surgery #3 and needed to keep swelling down!
This one was a proper sampler so valium needed to be added to the list of class supplies (not really but painkillers for the arm worked just as well!). I decided to disregard instructions to buy "background" fabric since this makes a sampler really samplerish and bought an Aster Manor FQ bundle which was heavily reduced and absolutely delicious!
I worked out the maths and it would yield a QS quilt with leftovers.
Varying the background fabric and using a co-ordinated fabric range made the sampler unsamplerish enough for me to cope with it without having a panic attack!
The course included Y-seams, curved piecing and needleturn applique all of which I needed for Dear Jane since I want to hand piece it rather than foundation piece it.
I'd definitely recommend taking a class and learning properly!
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Shopping dramas and a sucky day :-(
Well this weekend's trip to Spotlight did NOT turn out as planned.
We went to what is the biggest one near us and although they have a big range they simply didn't have what I needed. I got the last of the black and white spotty fabric which meant I got a little bit extra and I found ONE fabric to go with the table runner. That means another 5 to go!
I managed to convince hubby to make a slight detour and visit another Spotlight on the way home when DS said his tummy hurt. The pains would come and go and make him cry and we went straight home instead.
Just when the day couldn't get much worse, his symptoms were looking more and more like appendicitis. Thankfully a trip to the toilet solved everything and no need to go to hospital tonight.
The Nemesis is wreaking all sorts of havoc lately, especially tonight so I'm going back to the surgeon this week.
The final straw was my bobbin running out...
On a slightly happier note, I think someone is trying to tell me to get on with my Dear Jane!
We went to what is the biggest one near us and although they have a big range they simply didn't have what I needed. I got the last of the black and white spotty fabric which meant I got a little bit extra and I found ONE fabric to go with the table runner. That means another 5 to go!
I managed to convince hubby to make a slight detour and visit another Spotlight on the way home when DS said his tummy hurt. The pains would come and go and make him cry and we went straight home instead.
Just when the day couldn't get much worse, his symptoms were looking more and more like appendicitis. Thankfully a trip to the toilet solved everything and no need to go to hospital tonight.
The Nemesis is wreaking all sorts of havoc lately, especially tonight so I'm going back to the surgeon this week.
The final straw was my bobbin running out...
On a slightly happier note, I think someone is trying to tell me to get on with my Dear Jane!
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Dear Jane gets a mention
But hardly more than that!
I've been meaning to take some pics of my fabrics so I can keep tracks of what I have and what I need more of.
The quality is awful since it had to be done with my phone but here goes.
The browns and tans:
Yellows and Oranges (definitely need more of these!
Blues:
Pinks and Greens:
Reds and Purples (a few more purples I think!)
And lastly the Fabric Inspector pays a visit:
I'm really looking forward to starting this quilt but ideally I'd like to join a group because I know I'll lose my mojo otherwise and I want to hand piece it and would like to finish at least one of my hand pieced UFOs first!
Meanwhile there is still a bit of shopping to be done before I have all my fabrics! ;-P
I've been meaning to take some pics of my fabrics so I can keep tracks of what I have and what I need more of.
The quality is awful since it had to be done with my phone but here goes.
The browns and tans:
Yellows and Oranges (definitely need more of these!
Blues:
Pinks and Greens:
Reds and Purples (a few more purples I think!)
And lastly the Fabric Inspector pays a visit:
I'm really looking forward to starting this quilt but ideally I'd like to join a group because I know I'll lose my mojo otherwise and I want to hand piece it and would like to finish at least one of my hand pieced UFOs first!
Meanwhile there is still a bit of shopping to be done before I have all my fabrics! ;-P
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
I NEED more fabric!!
OK so I've spent the weekend planning the colours and layout of my DJ. It means I'll need a few more FQs in certain colours!
I popped into Quilters Bazaar today and picked up my remaining colours. There will be a DJ class starting late March so it's a bit earlier than I planned. I need to think more about it!
I popped into Quilters Bazaar today and picked up my remaining colours. There will be a DJ class starting late March so it's a bit earlier than I planned. I need to think more about it!
Saturday, January 16, 2010
OK I've succumbed...
I picked up a repro FQ pack today so I guess I'm officially doing a Dear Jane. I don't yet know when. I also picked up an Aster Manor FQ bundle for my hand piecing class. I hoped not to have them both running at the same time but I might not have a choice.
Will post some pics of my lovely purchases soon!
Will post some pics of my lovely purchases soon!
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